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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Job position at the University of Toronto. Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream), Media Studies jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Not (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/07/2025

At this point the AI grifters must be thanking their lucky stars that the education sector remains a dependable cash cow. Administrators buying into AI EdTech don't care about the errors because they will be dispersed among the frontline educators.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

you will never actually "understand how oligarchs think" until you recognize that they very sincerely believe 99% of humans are NPCs and can't comprehend why the NPCs keep resisting the player character's commands, they do not have thoughts more complex than "I pushed button and nothing happen"

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Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨Japanese convenience stores are endlessly fascinating. They are also precursors to platforms in Asia as I show in this newly published article. I've been researching this lineage for years and am thrilled to share -out in Social Media + Society now! 🚨 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 17/03/2025

"for Elon Musk, the immediate utopia is the Mars colony, a project whose technological dependencies and challenges of extreme environments appear to mandate a highly selective society; tight, hierarchical organization; and total social and environmental surveillance as a foundation." 1/n

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Towards a Critical Political Economy of Surveillance and Digital Authoritarianism | Surveillance & Society

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Good Squiddance @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?

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Robert W. Gehl @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

If you like exercises in Doublespeak, you'd love the York University admin's statement about how their program suspensions will foster academic innovation as well as Truth and Reconciliation […]

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Andrei Zanescu @andreizanescu.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Reminder that this is happening today at 15:00 EST!

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Nick Taylor @nickttaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Hoo boy let’s see how quickly Dougie cozies up to Trump again now that he doesn’t have to worry about the pesky electorate for another 4 years.

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Nick Taylor @nickttaylor.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

So curious if this i) shapes any of the other myriad copyright + AI cases in play, ii) sends a (much-needed) chill through the AI hype machine and iii) will mean anything given the scorn the tech industry has for anything so quaint as ‘the law’ www.wired.com/story/thomso...

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Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders.

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Nick Taylor @nickttaylor.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Today in intro to media studies: a little demo in circumventing google’s horrid AI Overview. Thanks to @arstechnica.com for the tip.

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